| Year | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
|
2022 |
Colby Dean, Seneca-Cayuga (University of Oklahoma) Abigail Gallardo, Tunica-Biloxi (UCLA) Robbyn McKellop, Muskogee (Wichita State University) Chance Ward, Cheyenne River Sioux (University of Colorado) Makayla Williams, Cherokee (Augustana University) |
|
2021 |
Joni Tobacco, Oglala Sioux (Salish Kootenai College) |
|
2020 |
Maura Fournier, Métis (University of Winnipeg) |
|
2019 |
Carlton Gover, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Universioty of Colorado-Bulder) |
|
2018 |
Justin Lund, Navajo Nation (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2017 |
Morgan Fluker, Kaw Nation of Oklahoma (Kansas State University) Martin Lopez, Apsaalooke (Crow) of Montana (University of Montana) |
|
2016 |
Melanie McKay-Cody, Chichamauga Cherokee (University of Oklahoma) Tyrone Peterson, Navajo Nation and Pascua Yagui Tribe (University of Iowa) |
|
2015 |
John Reynolds, Rosebud Sioux Tribe (St. Cloud State University) |
|
2014 |
Justin Lund, Navajo Nation (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2013 |
Melanie McKay-Cody, Chichamauga Cherokee (University of Kansas) |
|
2012 |
Royce Freeman, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nations (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2011 |
Michael B. Catches Enemy, Ogala Nation (St. Cloud State University) |
|
2010 |
Donna Longhorn, Shawnee/Delaware (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2009 |
Brad Kroupa, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations of North Dakota (University of Indiana) |
|
2008 |
Wilena Old Person, Yakama/Blackfeet (University of Montana) |
|
2007 |
Brenda Covington, Colville/Spokane (University of Montana) |
|
2006 |
Jason Hale, Prairie Band Potawatomi (Washburn) |
|
2005 |
La Rae Buckskin, Shoshone - Bannock (University of Idaho) |
|
2004 |
Gloria McCarty, Muscogee Creek (University of Oklahoma) John T. Haj, Delaware (University of Tulsa) |
|
2003 |
No award given |
|
2002 |
Julie Bartlett, Oglala Lakota (University of Winnipeg) |
|
2001 |
Laura Cocker, Manitoba Métis Federation (University of Winnipeg) Jana Vee Cornelius-Baird, Seminole/Creek (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2000 |
Claudette Rocan, Métis (University of Winnipeg) Martin Earring, Minneconju-Oglala, Cheyenne RIver Sioux Tribe (University of South Dakota) |
|
1999 |
Rebecca Amen, Omaha Tribe (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) |
|
1998 |
Paulette F. Steeves, Cree/Cherokee/Micmac (University of Arkansas) Jacquelin St.Clair, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (University of Wyoming) |
|
1997 |
Florence Whitehorse-Taylor, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma) Alix Reynolds, Manitoba Métis Federation (University of Winnipeg) Shanna Olinger, Yankton Sioux Tribe (Montana State University) |
|
1996 |
Evelyn Siegfried, Big Cree Band (University of Calgary) |
|
1995 |
Michelle Fox, Red Lake Chippewa (University of North Dakota) |
|
1994 |
Dawn Makes Strong Move, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (University of South Dakota) |
